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G. DRAKE. GAR BRAKE SHOE No. 75,001. Patented Mar. 3, 1868.

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GARDNER DRAKE, OF FARMINGTON, MAINE.-

Lmm Patent No. 75,'001,-datecZ'1lIm-ch a, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAR-BRAKE SHOES TO ALL WHOM IT MAY concerns:

Be it known that I, GARDNER DRAKE, of FarmingtomSin,thecounty of Franklin, and State of Maine, have invented a. new and improved Brake-Block Lining; and Ida hereby'declare that the following'is a full; clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved method of constructing the linihgs of the blocks of car or wagon-brakes, and attaching the. same to said blocks, whereby the brakes of cars, wagons, 850., are rendered more durable and less liableto, injure the wheels, and whereby the wheels are kept free from snow or soil:

' It consists ota cast-iron lining, provided with a slot through the same, by means pf which the bolt securing the some to the block and the nut on the same are-not liable to wear from friction against the wheel, and to admit air to prevent the wooden connections from burning. v

lt sonsists, also, of the lining being provided with starts or projections on the back side of the lining, to steady the same on the brake-block. i

It consists,'also, in the lining being bevelled 01f on the upper end, so as to serve for a scraper or cleaner to remove snow and soil from the wheel, and throwing the some outwards clear of the track. In the accompanying plate of drawingsa Figure 1 represents a central vertical section of my invention, showing the same attached to a brake-block.

Figure 2 is a front view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the lining; a is a slot in the same; a are starts on the same; a is a bolt, securing the same to the brake-bloelryB is the brake-block; Gis the upper end of the lining, showing the bevelled end; The brakeblock B is 'of the some material and form as the brake-blocks now ,commonly in use, and. is secured in the ordlnary way to a cross-bar, through which the same is attached to 'a car or wagon and operated. The lining A is made of cast iron for the reason that the same is less liable to wear, and less liable, also, to injure the wheel upon whiclr'the same is used, by friction upon the same', than either steel or wrought or malleablc iron. Said lining A- is of anyconvenient size, or of like size of the same now commonly in use, and is curved on the front or face side of the same, to conform to the circumference of the wheel upon which the same is to be used, and is provided with a slot or mortise entirely through the seine, and nearly the whole length thereof, in a lineparallel with the back of the lining, said slot being of suflicient width to receive the end of the bolt aand a nut thereon, and so that said nut may be, at any time, removed, and to deceive a wrench, by means of which said nut is turned,' the object of the said slot-a being 'to admit air, so as to preventthe lining A from heating from friction .with the wheel, so as not to burn the block 1B,.and so. as that the end of the bolt is, and the nut therein, may not be injured by wearing against the wheel. Said lining A is provided on the side opposite to the'curved face of the same with two or more starts, a, which, fitting into holes in the block 13, prevent the same from working on the bolt a Said lininghas a hole bored in the centre of the some, on the same side as tho starts a, into the slot a, toreceive a. Bolt, a, by means of which said bolt d? and a hat on the end of the same in the slot a, the lining is firmly held against the brake-block B, the back cf the lining Aand the front bf'the block having plane faces, so as that one will fit fairly upon the other, as shown in the drawing. The upper. end of the lining A is bevelled ofi' outwards and downwards from one side of the said lining A to the other side thereof, said bevel being extended also into the block 13, the object of which is toclean the wheel to which the brake is applied from snow or soil, and throw the same outwards beyond and clear from the track on which said wheel runs,- so as to admit no snow or soil to remain on the face of said wheel, whereby the same may be injured or impeded, and whereby, also no injury from wear may come to the lining A.

The operation is readily seen from the above description and the drawing.

Said lining A may be attached to car-brake blocks now already in use, and constructed as above described. It constitutes aeheap and durable lining for car or'wagon-brake blocks, the advantages of which are that-they will not. heat, so as to burn the adjacent wood, and that,the bolt by which the lining is attached to brak'e-blook is not injured by wear against the wheehsnd also that the wheel to which the brake is applied is kept clean from snow or soil, the same being thrown outwards and clear of the trackl I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The-combination of the brake-shoe A, hnvihg the slot a, and the bevelled end C, asherein described, for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the slotted shoe A with the pins-a, bolt a", and block B, as herein described, M

the pprpose specified.

GARDNER DRAKE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. MORMLL, WILLIAM B. CASE. 

